What is Seasonal Affective Disorder?
Summer is undoubtedly the best season; I could list a million different activities like the Phineas and Ferb theme song, but I have reason to…
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Summer Research: What do the academics get up to while we’re away?
While most of us students have been enjoying a few months off after our exams back in May, our academics have been hard at work…
Tech In Prisons
Technology, when used for good, can certainly be marvellous. The UK is now facing a problem that costs more than £15bn every year. Almost half…
New Year’s Science
It’s barely a month into the year, but already 2019 has been a great year for science. Indeed, within the first 72 hours of the…
The 2018 Nobel prizes
Contributor, Magdalena Ines Schacht, gives us the lowdown on the winners of the Nobel Prize this year The Nobel Prize is one of the most…
New font claims to help students revise better
Scientists say ‘Sans Forgetica’ prompts the brain to engage in deeper processing of information In the midst of exam season, do you find yourself revisiting…
Eco-unfriendly: food trends?
Science and Technology editor Alex Richardson explores the effects common health foods have on the environment When thinking of foods that are bad for the…
Essential tech for university… and what you can probably live without
What gadgets do you really need at university? When you’re packing for university, it may be tempting to pack all your gadgets to use whilst…
Turnitin announces new tools to detect bought essays
New plagiarism detection tool to help universities clamp down on ‘one in seven’ graduates who may have cheated on essays. Turnitin, the essay submission software…
Biohacking: the long road to cyborgs
Have you ever thought that you were limited by your body? That the capabilities of the human body could be increased with electronics? If so,…